Real

[Bm]  [G]  [D]  [A]

[G]Five-hundred channels and there a[A]in't much on [Bm]tonight [A]
But[G] reality shows about s[A]ome folk's so-called lives [Bm]    [A]
A[G] pretty girl cries 'cause she[A] don't get a rose
But [D]she'll fin[D/C#]d love n[A/B]ext year [A]on her o[G]wn show
And they call that[A] real

[Bm]Real is a [G]hand you hold [D]fifty-seven [A]years
[Bm]Real is a [G]band of gold [D]tremblin' with [A]fear
It's the [G]first long tear down an old man's face,
[A] watchin' his angel slippin' away
His[G] heart's so broke, it's never gonna[A] heal
I call that[Bm] real  [G]      [D]          [A]

[G]Where I live, housewives don't a[A]ct like that [Bm]         [A]
[G]And the survivors are[A] farmers in John Deere hats[Bm]   [A]
[G]Our amazin' race is beatin' t[A]he check
[D]Prayin' that[D/C#] the bank [A/B]ain't ra[A]n it thr[G]ough yet

[Bm]Real, like[G] too much rain[D] fallin' fro[A]m the sky
[Bm]Real, like[G] the drought t[D]hat came aro[A]und here last July
It's the[G] damn boll weevils and the market and the weeds,
the pray[A]er they're sayin' when they plant the seeds
And the [G]chance they take to bring us our[A] next meal
I call that[Bm] real   [G]        [D]              [A]

[Bm]Real, like a [G]job you lose 'cause it[D] moves to Mex[A]ico
[Bm]Like a [G]mama and a baby with[D] no safe place to[A] go
[Bm]Like a [G]little dream house with a[D] big old foreclosed[A] sign
[Bm]Like a [G]flag-draped coffin and a [D]twenty-one gun goo[A]dbye
I call that[Bm] real [G]     [D]         [A]
Man, I call that[Bm] real  [G]      [D]          [A]
Oh, I call that[Bm] real  [G]      [D]          [A]
[Bm]   [G]   [D]   [A]   [Bm]   [G]   [D]   [A]  [Bm]   [G]   [D]  [A]   [Bm]